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Fashion Value Chain
25-07-2025
- Sport
- Fashion Value Chain
SIMATS Conducted Chennai Regional Level Sports Competitions for School Students
To celebrate the spirit of sportsmanship, SIMATS (Saveetha University) successfully conducted the 'SIMATS Trophy 2025' – a Chennai Regional Level Competition for school students from Chennai, Chengalpattu, Kanchipuram, and Thiruvallur districts – on 25th July 2025 at the SIMATS Sports Complex. SIMATS Conducted Chennai Regional Level Sports Competitions for School Students The event featured a wide range of sports, including Kho-Kho, Football, Volleyball, and Throwball, along with Athletics events such as 100m, 400m, 800m races, long jump, shot put, and the 4x100m relay. The competition witnessed an overwhelming response, with over 4500 students from 100+ schools participating across three categories – Juniors, Seniors, and Super Seniors. This grand event was made possible under the visionary leadership of Dr. N.M. Veeraiyan, Founder and Chancellor of SIMATS. The inaugural ceremony was graced by Dr. S.N. Udheyakumar, Chief Coach of the Asian Archery Team and Founder of DOXA Sports Management Pvt. Ltd. and Eagle Archery Academy, and Mr. A. Manoharan, International Volleyball Player. The event was strongly supported and encouraged by SIMATS patrons – Dr. Deepak Nallaswamy, Pro-Chancellor, Dr. Ramya Deepak, Director, SIMATS Engineering, Prof. Dr. S. Suresh Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, and Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Pro-Vice Chancellor. The valedictory ceremony featured Ms. E. Christy Elena, International Medalist and Hockey Player, as the chief guest. During the prize distribution, the winners were honored with 'The SIMATS Trophy 2025' for their respective sports. Additional awards included a trophy for the 'School with Maximum Participation' and the prestigious 'Overall SIMATS Trophy' for the best-performing school. Medals and certificates were distributed to all winners of this mega event. Winners from the Chennai regional competition will now advance to the SIMATS State-Level Competitions, continuing their journey under the banner of SIMATS. For more details, please visit About SIMATS Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS) is a premier private university in India, known for its pioneering contributions to medical, dental, engineering, and allied health sciences education. With a focus on experiential learning, clinical expertise, and ground-breaking research, SIMATS has established itself as a global leader in healthcare education.
Time of India
11-05-2025
- Science
- Time of India
Jumping spiders found commonly in Kerala taxonomically identified
K Tired of too many ads? go ad free now ochi: New technologies are aiding not just in the discovery and identification of new species but also in the re-evaluation of identified species by correcting their taxonomy. In a new reassessment of its identification, the jumping spider's scientific name was taxonomically identified as . These spiders are commonly found in specimen was discovered by CL Koch in 1846. Arachnologists carried out a comprehensive re-evaluation of E. flavocincta, establishing several new synonyms and significantly refining its taxonomic history. The research, now published in the international taxonomic journal Zootaxa, sheds new light on the species' identity and global distribution."We found that three species — Evarcha pococki Żabka, 1985; Menemerus albocinctus Keyserling, 1890; and Salticus andamanius Tikader, 1977 — are one and the same. So, we transferred them to E. flavocincta. Other names have been retained as synonyms. These were identified as exclusive to certain areas. But we confirmed records that these are seen in large parts of southeast Asia and India," said senior arachnologist Mathew M Joseph of Bharata Mata College, Kochi, who, along with first author John TD Caleb of Saveetha University, Chennai, conducted the said matching sexes proved challenging since these species were described based solely on either males or females, with no available information about their opposite sexes. The investigation revealed that the male and female forms of E. flavocincta were separately described under different names as distinct species under other unrelated genera like Menemerus and conducted detailed morphological examinations, including scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and comparative analyses of type specimens from multiple museum collections, to confirm these taxonomic changes. The researchers examined type specimens housed in institutions such as the National Zoological Collections (ZSI, Kolkata) and the Natural History Museum of Denmark and looked at key diagnostic features of both male and female specimens to validate the decision of retaining the names as synonyms.E. flavocincta emerges as a widely distributed species in India, Bhutan, Myanmar, China, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and Japan. They also made another breakthrough. Caleb and Joseph resolved a longstanding taxonomic uncertainty regarding the ant-mimicking jumping spider Myrmarachne calcuttaensis Biswas, 1984. Their research established that this species is a junior synonym of Myrmarachne melanocephala MacLeay, 1839. The study, recently published in the international journal Far Eastern Entomologist, was based on a thorough re-examination of the type specimen housed at the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata."This synonymisation is crucial for ensuring taxonomic clarity in Indian , With 22 species of Myrmarachne recorded in India, it is imperative to validate old descriptions using modern techniques," said Caleb.
